Going to hell... and laughing along the way

A while back, I mentioned my new little addiction, the Blogging the Bible project on Slate.com. First, the shit's funny. Second, I love that the person writing it is named David Plotz. Seriously. Plotz. He's finished with Genesis and Exodus - great bits of reading, and has moved onto Leviticus.

You know when someone is a good writer when he can summarize the book of Leviticus, which he calls "a confusing swirl of baffling practices, peculiar laws, and ornate rituals," into something truly entertaining to read. My favorite part today?

Leviticus interrupts these dire leprous warnings to reassure men that, yes, it's OK to be bald. "If a man loses the hair of his head and becomes bald, he is pure." And it gets better! God also approves of male-pattern baldness. "If he loses the hair on the front part of his head and becomes bald at the forehead, he is pure." So throw out that Rogaine! God loves a cue-ball, baby!

Tellin' ya, this shit's funny. Makes you look at the bible in a whole new way.

Underwear that's fun to wear

So, what are you? Boxers? Briefs? Thong? Commando?

Okay, I'm going to hell

But I think this shit's hilarious. I've been following along with this little article stream on Slate.com. A guy is reading the bible - every word - and summarizing what he reads and comments, and writes these entries on Slate. He's still in Genesis, talked about Sodom and Gomorrah, and is up to the sacrifice of Abraham. Some of his observations are pretty funny, some inciteful. And what's really funny is that I'm sure he'll get to plenty of stuff that they never talked about in the 13 years I was in Catholic School.